AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 



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Photo from Life. 



A MERRY BROWN THRASHER. 



By Dr. J. Holbrook Shau. 



A Harporhynchus rufns 



Sat in a quircus tree, 

 And as he closed one optic 



Said, in song of course, to me ; 



''In assuming the prerogative 

 Of a highly cultured race 



To apply succinct appelatives, 

 And assign to each his place, 



You can scarcely call it delicate 



To refer directly to 

 My romanesque probosis 



And ray Titian tinted hue." 



